There are parasites all over the world that can infect humans. Some of them are easy to avoid, but others are more common ...

Parasites take an enormous toll on human and veterinary health. But researchers may have found a way for patients with brain ...

Despite these results, however, all the researchers agree that more research in humans is necessary ... and Prevention (CDC), the most common foodborne parasitic infections in the United States ...

African great apes were the original host to the parasite. But a chance genetic mutation about 50,000 years ago turned it into a threat to humans, experts have found. The findings, published in ...

It is a stomach bug known to afflict some backpackers with bouts of uncomfortable diarrhoea. Now scientists say they have discovered how the parasites that cause giardiasis - one of the world's ...

To evade human defence responses, parasites switch between using PfEMP1s ... reactivity against CIDRα1 subclasses might be a common pathway for achieving immunity to severe malaria.

The research team had previously trialled the effectiveness of a modified malaria parasite, called GA1, that is designed to stop developing about 24 hours after infection in humans 2. But the GA1 ...

Study co-led by The Universty of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio provides new possibilities for prevention, treatment of severe malaria ...